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bcnx

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Computer duplicates, FQDN and simple hostname

Hi,

after a while we get computer duplicates in GLPI. One entry just has the hostname and the other entry has the FQDN name. The former entry has an IPv4 and IPv6 address and the latter just the IPv4 address. The latter entry has no UUID while the first one does have one. How can we avoid these duplicates?

Using server version 10.09 and GLPI agent 1.6.1.

Thanks!

BC

Last edited by bcnx (2024-02-27 22:54:30)

cconard96

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Re: Computer duplicates, FQDN and simple hostname

You can use "Rules for import and link equipment" rules (Administration > Rules) to deny the import of an asset based on criteria including the name.

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bcnx

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Re: Computer duplicates, FQDN and simple hostname

Hi thanks,

I just found out that the FQDN name refers to the Active Directory domain. I will look into the rules to see how to prevent the duplicates.

Cheers,

BC

bcnx

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Re: Computer duplicates, FQDN and simple hostname

Update: this was solved by doing 2 things:

1. there were 2 hosts sharing the same System UUID because they were cloned in the virtualization solutions during setup. We gave one host a new and unique UUID.
2. we based the import rules only on the (now unique) UUID. This fixed the fact that some hosts were discovered by both their sinple hostname and their FQDN.